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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5018

Introduced

Naomi Schwartz and Susan Rose Safe Parking Act of 2025

Sponsor
DSalud O. Carbajal· California
Introduced
August 22, 2025
Policy area
Housing and Community Development
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.August 22, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5018 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5018

To authorize use of amounts from emergency solutions grants under the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide safe overnight 
parking facilities for homeless persons, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 22, 2025

Mr. Carbajal (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Vargas, and Mr. Valadao) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Financial Services

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To authorize use of amounts from emergency solutions grants under the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide safe overnight 
parking facilities for homeless persons, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Naomi Schwartz and Susan Rose Safe 
Parking Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SAFE PARKING AS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY UNDER EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS 
GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Section 415(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11374(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``(6) Maintenance, operation, insurance, and provision of 
utilities related to safe parking.''.
(b) Definition.--Section 411 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) as 
paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
paragraph:
``(7) The term `safe parking' means an activity that--
``(A) provides homeless persons living in vehicles, 
including motor homes, with a safe place to park their 
vehicles overnight to facilitate a transition to stable 
housing; and
``(B) provides re-housing and supportive services 
to such homeless persons.''.
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